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  Empty Cages - Facing the...

  Tom Regan

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  Described by Jeffrey Masson as "the single best introduction to animal rights ever written, Tom Regan's EMPTY CAGES stands as an essential guide to the ongoing animal rights debate. In a style at once simple and elegant, Regan dispels the negative image of animal rights advocates as portrayed by the mass media, unmasks the fraudulent rhetoric of "humane treatment" favored by animal exploiters in both familiar and less well-documented contexts, and explains why existing laws function to legitimize institutional cruelty. In so doing, Regan invites readers to join the struggle for animal rights—one person at a time, one step at a time. Written by the leading philosophical spokesperson for animal rights, Tom Regan's shocking exposé of animal abuse makes an essential and lasting contribution to how animal rights is viewed in the United States and around the world. 
  "Tom Regan delivers a searing indictment of the way we treat animals in the world we have made for ourselves, and presents a trenchant case that animals have or should have rights in the same way that human beings have."—J. M. Coetzee, winner of the 2003 Nobel Prize for Literature 
  "Every so often a book is written that is destined to change the way people think. Tom Regan has written just such a book. EMPTY CAGES is compelling because it is logical, rational, and written in an elegantly simple style. Please buy this book, read it, and tell your friends about it. Everyone needs a copy on their bookshelf."—Jane Goodall 
  "Tom Regan's EMPTY CAGES is a powerful call for justice on one of the most urgent issues human society faces. Calmly, lucidly, he asks readers to confront the miserable conditions we have inflicted on animals, leaving us with three choices: find a flaw in the argument, work for change, or throw the book away and try to forget it. The indelible force of Regan's argument makes the third course very difficult."—Martha C. Nussbaum, University of Chicago

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  Shortcut

  Bryan Thomas Schmidt, Hunt Lowry

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  For fans of Andy Weir, from the first editor of THE MARTIAN, THE MARTIAN and PROJECT HAIL MARY meet GOOD WILL HUNTING and THE X-FILES in this page-turning thriller.A mathematical genius. A formula that speeds up space travel called SHORTCUT. His loving wife. When Laura Maxx disappears after an attack that leaves Jason Maxx in the hospital, his only goal is to find her and bring her back. Then he gets a message: Laura is alive. Somewhere in space. To get her back, he’ll do whatever it takes—even taking on government agents who might try to stop him. Racing against the clock to perfect the formula and the system that relies on it and find a suitable craft to take him out there, Jason finds he needs more than math to succeed this time.An unforgettable near future, hard science fiction thriller from the producer of Donnie Darko and A Time To Kill and the #1 bestselling author and first editor of Andy Weir’s The Martian, SHORTCUT will have you on the edge of your seat!

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  Matter - The Magnificent Illusion

  Guido Tonelli

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  What are we made up of? What holds material bodies together? Is there a difference between terrestrial matter and celestial matter? When Democritus stated that we are made up of atoms, few people believed him. Not until Galileo and Newton in the seventeenth century did people take the idea seriously, and it was another four hundred years before we could reconstruct the elementary components of matter. 
   
   
   
  Everything around us has very particular properties. These properties, which seem quite normal to us, are in fact very special, because the universe, whose evolution began almost fourteen billion years ago, is today a very cold environment. In this book, Guido Tonelli explains how elementary particles, which make up matter, combine into bizarre shapes to form correlated quantum states, primordial soups of quarks and gluons, or massive neutron stars. New questions that have emerged from the most recent research are answered: in what sense is the vacuum a material state? Why can space-time also vibrate and oscillate? Can elementary grains of space and time exist? What forms does matter assume inside large black holes? 
   
   
   
  In clear and lively prose, Tonelli takes listeners on an exhilarating journey into the latest discoveries of contemporary science, enabling them to see the universe, and themselves, in a new light.

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  Seniors and Epilepsy

  Edmonton Epilepsy Association

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  Whether you are a senior who has lived with epilepsy for many years or a newly diagnosed senior, you may have questions regarding the condition and how it may affect you. This booklet is designed to address some of the issues regarding seniors and epilepsy and to offer helpful tips. Most epilepsy associations have useful resource materials as well as a staff committed to answering your questions and providing information. Associations may also be able to connect you with self-help and support groups, and with trained professionals. Learning about epilepsy and sharing that information with others, finding the medical treatment best for you, using your network of family and friends who support and care about you, and pursuing what matters in your life, are all important steps.

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  The 60 Minute Guide to the 2024...

  Ed Feng

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  With your passion for the 2024 football season, you want to look smart to both the sports books and your illogical friends. Instead of hot takes from supposed experts like Stephen A. Smith, you want predictions based on cutting edge analytics. In The 60 Minute Guide to the 2024 Football Season, Ed Feng uses his Stanford Ph.D. and decade of experience in sports betting to bring you two stories. First, whether Josh Allen, the gunslinger, is interception prone. Second, the secret to making accurate NFL spread predictions, especially early in the season. This audio preview is not a formulaic team by team preview or a podcast conversation with zero editing. Instead, imagine John Oliver got a math Ph.D. and tells you two of his deep dive stories on your drive from Baltimore to Philadelphia.

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  Technology and Social Change -...

  Fred Grandsen

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  Technology has always played a fundamental role in shaping human societies, influencing how people communicate, work, and interact with the world around them. Social change, in turn, refers to the transformation of cultural, economic, and political structures over time. The relationship between technology and social change is deeply intertwined, as technological innovations can drive profound shifts in society, while social needs and challenges often inspire new technological developments. 
  Throughout history, technological advancements have acted as catalysts for change, altering the way people live and interact. The agricultural revolution, for example, enabled the transition from nomadic lifestyles to settled civilizations, fostering population growth and social organization. The industrial revolution transformed economies by introducing mechanization, mass production, and urbanization, dramatically reshaping labor markets and social structures. More recently, the digital revolution has revolutionized communication, education, and business through the rise of computers, the internet, and artificial intelligence. 
  One key aspect of understanding technology and social change is recognizing that technological progress is not inherently neutral.

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